Digital primary source materials have developed a significant place in K-12 and preservice social studies classrooms over the past decade. This access and availability has impacted K-12 curriculum and pedagogy (ISTE, 2000, 2002). Increasingly,...

Digital primary source materials have developed a significant place in K-12 and preservice social studies classrooms over the past decade. This access and availability has impacted K-12 curriculum and pedagogy (ISTE, 2000, 2002). Increasingly,...

What will it take to better prepare social studies teachers to promote historical inquiry in their classrooms? Today's networked world affords us new opportunities to prepare teachers, but it will take more effort than simply pointing teachers to...

Digital libraries are changing the way academic disciplines within universities are conceptualized. The nation’ s scholars are investing their careers and millions of dollars to use technology to rethink the nature of their disciplines. These...

The existing gap between how we expect teachers to use technology and how they are actually using it has largely been blamed on schools and colleges of education (SCOEs). To address this concern it is recommended that SCOEs integrate technology...

This paper describes the University of Virginia, Curry School of Education's approach for using WebQuests as an introduction to methods courses. EDLF 345, Introduction to Educational Technology, provides preservice teachers with fundamental...